Diagnose application's common startup problems by analysing log files
Create a database of common failure causes for your application.
---
name: ClassNotFoundException-SovereignStateLoaderListener
pattern: .*ClassNotFoundException.*SovereignStateLoaderListener
description:
Strange failure.
It happens sometimes due to maven concurrent runs.
solution:
Go to the frontend module and execute mvn clean install
Then restart the webshop
---
name: Some other common failure
pattern: .*PropertyNotFoundException.*
description: This happens when the server cannot find the property-management service
solution: Start the property-management service and restart the webshop.Get the latest app-doctor-all-*.jar and run app-doctor specifying the failure-database (yaml) and the location of your application's main log.
#!/bin/bash
log=/home/john/my-application/logs/my-app.catalina.out
java -jar libs/app-doctor-all-1.0.jar --db failure-causes.yaml --log $logApp-doctor will try to match your log file against the failure causes provided in the database yaml file and it will notify you if it detects any common failure cause.
[app-doctor] Scanning log file (/home/john/my-application/logs/my-app.catalina.out)
[app-doctor] A failure cause was identified
[app-doctor] Name: ClassNotFoundException-SovereignStateLoaderListener
[app-doctor] Description: Strange failure. It happens sometimes due to maven concurrent runs.
[app-doctor] Solution: Go to the frontend module and execute mvn clean install Then restart the webshop.
Download the latest JAR
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